The inauguration of University of Maine President Paul Ferguson will be Thursday, April 19 and a number of events on and off campus are planned as part of a Leadership Week, April 11-20. A website provides the latest information about the inauguration and related events. Beginning this week, Save the Week and other correspondence will […]
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To solicit input for UMaine’s strategic plan, a series of one-hour information-gathering sessions will take place over the next several weeks. The Friday, January 27 session on university sustainability will be held at noon in 102 York Complex. The subject area is Interdisciplinary Research Initiative. For a complete list of topics, dates and locations, visit […]
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Former professor and chair of the University of Maine Department of Physics Paul R. Camp died Jan. 9 at the Maine Veterans Home. He was 92. Camp taught and conducted research at UMaine from 1967 until 1996. A 1941 Wesleyan University graduate, the Connecticut native joined scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., […]
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UMaine social work student Casey Faulkingham of Houlton spent the spring semester of her junior year working at a group home for adolescents and teens in Antwerp, Belgium. The following semester, Antwerp native Aiko Van Landeghem, a student of “social education care work” at a campus-free college in the city, arrived at UMaine for a field […]
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The three finalists for the University of Maine System chancellor position will begin to make campus visits on Jan. 17, with the three finalists visiting UMaine Jan. 18-20.
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A University of Maine professor of accounting advises that taxpayers beginning to think about filing tax returns for 2011 should consider electronic filing. Professor Steven Colburn of the Maine Business School, who oversees the university’s longstanding taxpayer assistance program with student volunteers, is available to discuss tips for filers.
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Triclosan, a common antibacterial agent found in many hand soaps and other products, is known to have the added benefit of alleviating allergic skin conditions such as eczema. In a study recently published in the journal Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, University of Maine researchers Julie Gosse and Rachel Palmer find that this anti-inflammatory effect may […]
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Franklin Lewis Roberts, who for 33 years taught genetics, biology and evolution at the University of Maine, died on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Roberts graduated from UMaine with honors in 1955.
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Helping one another in times of need is a cornerstone of quality human relationships, according to a University of Maine psychology researcher who has determined that humility trumps arrogance when it comes to offering assistance.
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The Bangor Daily News mentioned University of Maine President Paul Ferguson in an article naming him as one of Maine’s top newsmakers for 2012.
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